Lifter for culinary utensils



H. C. SAMPLE LIFTER FOR CULINARY UTENSILS Oct. 16,1923. 1,471,005

Filed April 28, 1922 ill) Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

UNITED srn ras HENRY o. seivrrnn, or crrroneo, ILLINOIS.-

LIFTER non C LINA Y U'rENsILs.

Application filed April .28, 1922.-:S eria1 No. 557,050.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, HENRY C. SAMPLE, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lifters for CulinaryUtensils, of which the following is a specification. T 3 y Thisinvention relates, generally, to improvements in lifting devices, andparticularly, to such devices designed for use in handling, moving andlifting culinary or kitchen utensils, such as pans, pie-plates,casseroles, sauce-pans, kettles and the like, especially whenthey arehot or soiled, to protect the hands from burns and soil, and

it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novelarrangement and combination of the various parts thereof as will behereinafter more fully set forth and specificallyclaimed.

The principal object of the invention is, to provide a handy lifter ofthe abovenamed character, which shall be simple and inexpensive inconstruction, strong, durable and efiicient in operation, with its partsso'ma-de and cmoperating with one another as ,tobe adapted for use onvessels or utensils of different sizes and heights.

Another object is the provision'in a lifter of means for automaticallyengaging the rim or upper edge of a vessel in such a manner as tosecurely hold it upon a supporting portion of the lifter, to the end,that movement from place to place and lifting of the-vessel may besteadily eflected without applying the handsthereto. f y Other objectsand advantages ofthe-invention will be disclosed in the followingdescription and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate an embodimentofthe in? vention v v 'i Figure 1 is a side or edge view of the liftershowing the partsthereof in about the positions they will occupy whenengaging a vessel or cooking utensil shown by dotted lines.

Fig.2 is a front face view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view partly in section and partly in elevation, takenon line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,and

Fig. 4: is a similar view of the lifter only, showing a modification inits construction. Like numerals of reference refer to corre spondingparts throughout the different viewsofthe drawing. U t

The reference numeral 5 designates as a whole the handle of the'lifter,which may be made of anysuitable size and material, but preferably ofmetal and of an elongated shape as shownin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.This handle or supporting memberfor a vessel-or cooking utensil 6 hasits upper end formed or provided with a hook 7 and at its other end witha forwardly extended Wedge-shaped foot or member 8 adapted forinsertionbetween the bottom of a vessel or utensil 6,-and the object onwhich said vessel rests,'such as a stove or the like.

As shown in Fig. 1, the member 8 of the handle 5 is extended fromsaidhandle at an under the vessel or utensil. The'handle 5 is bypreference cross-sectionally curved throughout'the major portion of itslength, as will be under-stood by reference to Figs.

1 to .3 inclusive of the drawing, .but has its of the'lower partof thevessel, therebyc-ausing. it to be held against lateral movement withrespect to'thehandle, that is, after. the parts of the lifter have beenplaced in opangle'thereto, and is tapered towards its front or free edgefor the purpose of permittingsaid member to be easily inserted erative,positionwith respect to the vessel, 1

as is shown in Fig. land will be hereinafter describedp w. m

Slidably mounted on the handle, is a gripping or. clamping'rmember whichconsists of a substantially inverted T-shaped plate 9 having at theupper portion of each of its sides an inturnedlip 1O toengage the sideedges of the handle 5 for slidingmovement thereon. I The lower portionof the member 9 is widened as at 11, which widened portion istransverselydisposed with respect to the handle and on the front surfacethereof. Near its lower edge the widened part of the gripping member isprovided on its rear surface at each edge of the handle 5, with arearwardly and inwardly turned lip 12, which lips are by preferencepunched from the widened portion 11 of the plate 9 and engage ether:side edges ofthe: handle 5 for slidable mo v'eme'nt thereon.

The widened part 11 of the gripping mem- 5 her is provided at cachet-itsends with a forwardly extended flange 13, each of which has extendedfrom its lOWQIj'PQ'ElZlOH'fiIl1113- wardly tapered and outwardlyinclined slot 14: for the reception ofithe'r-im ouupper edge 15 of thevessel 6 0r utensil. At its upper k end the plate 9' is provided with aforwardly extended lug 16 by meansof which the 'gripping member or plate9 c'an 'be slid- 'longi- .tudina lly on the handle in either=dir-ection, Y and also by means of whi'ch the-slotted flanges :13 can beheld inienga'gement with thewrim' or upper edge 15: of the vess'elbyupres'sing downwardlYonth lug lfi withfthe thumb:.ofn'thehandnsedfen-manipulating n20 .Fthe device.

JBy. preference, 'the lips lO andr l2 of the zgripping. member engagethe sides of "the handle 5. .ins such a" 5 way as to 1 permit? freemovement of the gripping member so that after it :.-has'-..been raisedupwardly on the handle, the vmember or-foot 8 thereofcan be readily.inserted under the bottom of: the vessel or.11tensil as shownsinFigLLivhen by releasing. the thumb from the lug 1610f the: gripping 1member; "said member :will' :be

icausedby its gravity to descend'onlthe' hanidle, :thus causingthe-slots lt .ofxthe flanges 313 to receive the rim of the vessel :orutensil, in Lwhich position saidiflanges I may be firmly held by-applyingidownwardpressurerto the gripping member by means ofthe thumb:on :the lugor projection '16 of.v said. member. ilvhenithe parts. havethus been arranged; it is sapparent that the vessel will besecurelyiclamped. at its top and bottom,-.and also held can'be used for liftingPiOiLS and 1other bailed utensils by simply reversing the position of.the:.lif:ter-. from that shown in Fig 1 and flinserting-"thehook 7-nnder the-bail as is obvious.

.In. ljig t Ihave shown a modificationin the construction of the handleof the device which-consists in providing the lower end thereof with apair of forwardly extended and spacedcfeetlonmembers 17 instead of thesingle foot or member as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive'andabovedescribed. fOtherwise the modified formiof the lifter is of theidentical constructionas that sliown'and above described.

i I-Iaiving thus' fully'de'scribed my inventiom -what I claimas new anddesire to-se- -cure'gby.LettersPatentis 1. In a device of the classdescribed.the

ucombina-tion with,an elongated handle" hav ingi "at .oneu'of itsa endsa 1 forwardly extended membert 'ad-apted' for engagement with thebottom: ofaa vessel, ofa-plate mounted on the. handlesfor'freelongitudinal movement with' respect :theretorand having its; lower.por'tionwidened and provided at each end of. said I widened part. withi a *forwar'dly extended" flange each' of which has' extended from itslowersportion an upwardly tapered wand outwardlyi inclined slot wherebysaid slotted flanges may be ca-used to engage the upper edge or rim of avessel or utensil' by gravity.

2." In a device of the class described; the combination with anelongated handle having atone of its' ends aforwardly extended .memberadapted for engagement withfthe bottom of a-vessel -said handle beingcrosssectionallyandrea-rwardly" curved throughout the major portionofits length and havlng'its edges: located in the same plane,.of a plateprovided with-rearwardly and inwardly extended lips to engage the sideedges of the handle for free slidable move- =ment"thereon, said platehaving its lower por'tion widened and provided at each'end ofsaid-widened portion with a forwardly. ex-

tended flange each of which hasextended from its lower portion anupwardlytapered "and outward-ly' inclined slot whereby-said slottedflanges may be caused to engage the upper edge-or rim of a=vessel 0rutensil by gravity.

HENRY C. SAMPLE.

